Synonyms of mined

mined

verb

past tense of mine

as in attacked

to place hidden explosive devices in or under

the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• booby-trapped
• ambushed
• bombed
• trapped
• snared
• blew up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mined

Imports of the precious metal mined and smuggled out of Africa made up nearly half the gold coming into the UAE from the continent, the report said. — ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026

Broadway musicals have mined everything from rock and pop to hip-hop and folk. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026

Few writers have mined domestic terror like Stephen King, and none of his novels cuts closer to the bone than The Shining. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2026

Over six decades, the seminal architect, designer, and editor mined the layers of Mediterranean history to conjure up futuristic concepts — a looking back in order to look forward. — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026

The new decade had begun with a deadly pandemic and racial justice movement, which had each morphed into dizzying culture wars mined by political actors seeking power. — David MacK, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Because ground evacuation routes were heavily mined and subject to heavy Russian fire, sending in armored vehicles or conventional helicopters was deemed impossible. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Correspondence files can be mined for service failures—moments where the company’s response didn’t match the member’s need—that predict attrition much more accurately than any customer satisfaction survey. — Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Up until the 1950s, monazite was the main ore mined for rare earths. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026